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Author: James Dugger
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Subject: Re: python code
Sounds like a circular import problem: lookup circular import in Python.

On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 10:55 AM, Michael Havens <> wrote:

> I was wondering:
> after I loaded the libraries an imported randinit when I run the program
> it says:
>
>      ImportError: cannot import name randinit

>
> does this mean I need to install something? My duckduckgo search
> ("ImportError: cannot import name randinit" python) gave me a big 'nothing
> found' message.
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
> On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 1:14 PM, Todd Millecam <> wrote:
>
>> Here's mine, you're pretty much right on track now. I thought I'd
>> include this just to introduce a few new concepts and help you think a
>> little more like a computer.
>>
>> #!/usr/bin/env python
>> #This first line is really nifty, and all Linux users should be familiar
>> with this.
>> # If you pass this file into python, the first line gets ignored, but if
>> you pass it into bash or sh, then a # and a ! are called a magic byte, or
>> whiz-bang for short
>> # They tell bash to open the rest of this file using the program and
>> arguments passed on the first line.
>> # So this line changes my python script into a bash program, and if I had
>> saved this as /tmp/myguess.py, I could then, from a bash prompt type in
>> /tmp/myguess.py to run it
>>
>> from random import randint
>> # Right after the first line, it's polite to import all your libraries
>> and functions right at the top. This particular one says I want, from the
>> "random" library to get a function called "randint"
>> # randint returns a random integer in a specified range
>> # The rest of the file is my actual program
>>
>> answer = randint(0,10)
>> guess = int() # this is called an uninitialized integer.  It has the
>> space of ram allocated, but no value placed in it yet.  These tend to be
>> about 100x faster than initialized data types
>> while guess is not answer: #same thing as guess != answer
>>     if guess is int(): # I only want something printed after they've
>> guessed
>>         pass
>>     else:
>>         print("Wrong.")
>>     #Since this part is at the same indentation level as the if and else,
>> it will always get executed
>>     g = input("Guess my number: ")
>>     guess = int(g)
>> print("Correct!")

>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 1:48 PM, Sesso <> wrote:
>>
>>> You may be better off using if statements.
>>>
>>>
>>> If number is less than 5
>>>
>>> print guess higher
>>>
>>> else
>>>
>>> print guess lower
>>>
>>> Then wrap all of that in a while loop with a condition of while less
>>> than 5.
>>>
>>> Jason
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 13, 2015, at 12:44 PM, Michael Havens <> wrote:
>>>
>>> however it does give suggestions on subsequent guesses....
>>>
>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 12:42 PM, Michael Havens <>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> here is what I have (that sorta works):
>>>>
>>>> print("Welcome.")
>>>> g = input("Guess the number: ")
>>>> guess = int(g)
>>>> while guess < 5:
>>>>     g = input("Guess the number: ")
>>>>     guess = int(g)
>>>>     print("Guess higher.")
>>>> while guess > 5:
>>>>     g = input("Guess the number: ")
>>>>     guess = int(g)
>>>>     print ("Guess lower.")
>>>> print("Correct")

>>>>
>>>> What I mean by 'sorta' is if the first guess is not correct it does
>>>> not give a suggestion to guess lower or higher. Why is this?
>>>>
>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 12:32 PM, Michael Havens <>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> that makes sense... thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 12:31 PM, Sesso <> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> The while needs to before input so that it will wait for input if the
>>>>>> variable is not equal to 5.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jason
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Apr 13, 2015, at 12:21 PM, Michael Havens <>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> nope. that didn't fix it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 11:46 AM, Amit Nepal <>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You would probably want to wait and ask for the input inside the
>>>>>>> loop as well. What you seem to be doing is you ask for input and then you
>>>>>>> execute the loop not letting the user input the new number and thus running
>>>>>>> into an infinite loop.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This might fix it, not tested though :)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> print("Welcome.")
>>>>>>> g = input("Guess the number: ")
>>>>>>> guess = int(g)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> while guess != 5
>>>>>>>     print("Guess again.")
>>>>>>>     guess = int(g)
>>>>>>>     print("Correct")

>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>> Amit
>>>>>>> On 4/13/2015 11:01 AM, Michael Havens wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> print("Welcome.")
>>>>>>>> g = input("Guess the number: ")
>>>>>>>> guess = int(g)
>>>>>>>> while guess != 5:
>>>>>>>>     print("Guess again.")
>>>>>>>> print("Correct")

>>>>>>>>
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